[sudo-discuss] nptech.io <= the social good hackernews

[Jenny Ryan]

Awesome work! Love this. :)

Jenny
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On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com> wrote:

> So excellent -- really, really good! Thanks for posting here, and for
> passing along that suggestion :)
>
> Pete
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> hi everyone,
>>
>> i spoke with john (who made the site) about some of the concerns you all
>> raised and he's created an about page:
>> http://nptech.io/s/j4p1dw/about_nptech_io. they're also very responsive
>> on twitter: https://twitter.com/_nptech
>>
>> going to add more things to it!
>>
>> - marina
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Awesome, thanks! Look forward to hearing more.
>>> Pete
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> i met the person who's working on it today and will hopefully see them
>>>> again tomorrow (at a conference), so will ask!
>>>>
>>>> - marina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It looks great on the surface, but as with so many of these things, I
>>>>> find myself hungry for context, and the site provides none! Who built it?
>>>>> What were their goals? How will they be thinking about whether they are
>>>>> reaching those goals? How committed are they to fixing bugs, developing new
>>>>> features, doing outreach, ensuring that it reaches its potential, ensuring
>>>>> that it's not put to negative and unanticipated uses (spam, bullying, etc
>>>>> etc)? What kind of resources (financial, humanpower, emotional) do they
>>>>> have to bring to it? This month? This year? This decade?
>>>>>
>>>>> These are the kinds of things that are probably known, and could
>>>>> easily be communicated through a prominent "About this project" page or
>>>>> similar. These days, when a page like that doesn't exist, I tend to think
>>>>> "Oh, that looks like an interesting project with potential" and move on,
>>>>> unless something actively pulls be back in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Marina, do you know any of those answers? Are you in a position to
>>>>> suggest that the creators tell a bit of that story on the site itself?
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this doesn't come across as curmudgeonly. I think it's an easy
>>>>> problem to solve, so I hope this feedback is useful!
>>>>>
>>>>> Pete
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Marina Kukso <marina.kukso at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i have wanted this to exist for a long time and now it exists!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> nptech.io is the hacker news for social good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> let's put more awesome stuff on it and tell everyone! how else are we
>>>>>> going to find out about all the rad stuff that everyone is working on? we
>>>>>> need this!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - marina
>>>>>>
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